Warning not to eat Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai chocolate batches over health risk
People have been ordered not to eat batches of Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai - a popular brand of chocolate - because the bars may pose a serious health risk.
The Food Standards Agency says the product contains peanuts but this is not stated on the packaging, and therefore is a hazard for those with peanut allergies. It has urged Brits to dispose of the product at home and then contact your local Trading Standards in Great Britain or Environmental Health Officers in Northern Ireland.
Affected products are being withdrawn from the market and, where sold at retail, the 95g bars are being recalled. Businesses have been supplied these products by a company called Black Sea Trading Ltd, who have so far been uncontactable. As a result, food safety action is required by the food businesses selling these products, the Food Standards Agency told the media on Tuesday.
Its statement read: "We are notifying consumers and food business who have purchased Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai chocolate that this product contains peanut, which is not mentioned on the label, making it a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts."
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It added: "Food businesses selling Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai chocolate in the UK, manufactured by NEOSIS, Gida ve Unlu Mam Ltd, are advised to immediately stop sales and to undertake product withdrawals, and where there have been retail sales, to undertake product recalls. This is because the product presents a serious risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts.
"Businesses have been supplied these products by a company called Black Sea Trading Ltd, who have so far been uncontactable. As a result, food safety action is required by the food businesses selling these products... This product contains peanuts making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanuts."
Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai chocolate can be bought in most large supermarkets. The Food Standards Agency continued: "We are working closely with relevant enforcement authorities to progress investigations and ensure affected products are withdrawn from the market and, where sold at retail, recalled. We are informing allergy organisations of the issue.
"Don't buy this product, and if you have bought it, don't eat it, especially if you have a peanut allergy. Dispose of the product at home and get in touch with your local Trading Standards in Great Britain or Environmental Health Officers in Northern Ireland, to let them know where you purchased it."
A similar measure was put into place earlier this month when the Classic Scotch Egg and Wall's Two Classic Scotch Eggs were recalled over salmonella fears.
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